Hello, Ed. I enjoyed your recounting of that memorable performance of Handel's
"Messiah." You said, "The crowning glory of the day was when, I kid you not,
soprano Bette Davis made her way to the podium and sang "I know that my Redeemer
liveth"!"
Bette Davis? My husband loved Bette Davis!
"I told the accompanist prior to the performance "Fasten your seatbelt! It's
going to be a bumpy aria!"!! I told myself "She'll do better for the
performance!"!"
A mistaken notion, indeed. It reminds me of some students I hope will "do
better" in their recitals, sometimes they do surprise me when I don't faint and
can make it through their performance.
"Indeed it WAS about as bumpy as it gets!! One would have to search long and
deep to find ANY scintilla of "glory to God" in THAT!!"
LOL!
"Madame sounded like a Rhode Island Red gearing up to drop 2 dozen extra-large
ones and THAT wasn't including the da capo!"
A BIG LOLOL!
"I thought to myself, certainly this director isn't going to have the absence of
taste to da capo this butchery of anything Handel we've just lived thru!"
Ah well, think of how Handel might have felt!
"God, indeed, MUST have a profound sense of humor!
Ed"
I'm sure he does. Meantime, He might also not be too happy about many things.
:-) Cindi from KY
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